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[Dixonary] Round 2911 - POLAND CHINA time to vote
Hi all
We have 14 definitions for our word(s) POLAND CHINA. Please vote for two, 1. A kind of bluish porcelain. 2. [Cockney rhyming slang] Best friend (Poland chest = best, China plate = mate). 3. A medieval mortar mix made from equal parts of sand, clay and gypsum. 4. (slang) Makeshift utensils for Shabbat and Passover, alluding to an improvised approach to ritual celebrations necessary due to the loss of possessions and community experienced by Polish Jews during the Holocaust 5. The Pacific pole of inaccessibility (also called Point Nemo), the point in the ocean farthest from any land, antipodal from Poland. 6. One of an American breed of black hogs having white markings. 7. A trophy for a race or other athletic competition. 8. A small tropical freshwater anemone that is typically brightly colored. 9. Highly polished fine white or translucent vitrified ceramic material. 10. A glossy wood finish obtained by rubbing a varnished surface with amber. 11. A white, caustic, lumpy powder, KOH, used as a refractory, as a flux in glass making. 12. [sl.] A sham or fraud, esp. imported goods marked misleadingly. 13. A shrub related to sarsaparilla whose thick fleshy roots are still employed in the USA as an alternative medicine [Smilax pseudo-China]. 14. A term used in the antiques trade to indicate items of doubtful provenance. Please vote by 8pm Friday 3 August (my time) or Los Angeles <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/los-angeles> (USA - California) Friday, 3 August 2018 at 1:00:00 a.m. PDT <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt> New York <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york> (USA - New York) Friday, 3 August 2018 at 4:00:00 a.m. EDT <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt> London <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london> (United Kingdom - England) Friday, 3 August 2018 at 9:00:00 a.m. BST <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst> Amsterdam <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam> (Netherlands) Friday, 3 August 2018 at 10:00:00 a.m. CEST <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cest> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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